"Native New Yorker, adoptive Chicagoan, 25-year veteran of being a stranger in a strange land." Drosophila (fly) person. Childless cat man. Cinema buff. "Fascinated by everything except how to dress," as Matt Groening would put it.https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mtzmkmtsq225Read the entire thread. This Oberacker is a piece. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzmkmtsq225https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mtukxjf6ks2fYou were too cowardly to do it yourselves! First with Musk & DOGE, now you’re saying Vought goes rogue??? This is exactly what you dopes in the Senate voted for! Who are you trying to kid now? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtukxjf6ks2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mts7cig7a222Make a band bigger: Jean-Luc Pontificate [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mts7cig7a222https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mts75ajv6222Make a band bigger: Traffickers [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mts75ajv6222https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mts5hneqx22hSmall words & big type for y'all in the back: 1. Canada builds pipelines from Alberta to the BC coast; no more tar sands heavy oil for an increasingly unreliable US. 2. Louisiana refineries can use only heavy oil. 3. Venezuela's Orinoco fields produce heavy oil. 4. Maduro got toppled. /next24 Aug 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mts5hneqx22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mtqhs6wdt225I’ve been waiting for someone to revive the quip: “If this is Marxism, it’s got a lot more in common with Groucho than with Karl.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqhs6wdt225https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mtqcauvshk25One of my former colleagues recently published a scientific paper in a third-tier journal. He acknowledged using genAI in its preparation. I’ll have to send this article to him. “Here’s a guide to ‘what not to do’ next time.” OTOH, he was always a lousy writer who needed all the help he could get. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqcauvshk25https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mtps3v4wdk2sDear Jay… Your “best” isn’t good enough. It’s time for you to resign! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtps3v4wdk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mtosaxv5rs2sI sound like a broken record — “call your senators and urge them to vote NO on yet another grossly unqualified nominee.” The pressure should be applied especially to Republican lame ducks like Tillis & Cornyn & Cassidy. They’ve got nothing left to lose. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtosaxv5rs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mtn4r7w5yc26It’s the racehorse theory of anti-intellect — breed the dumb with the dumb and get the dumber. Repeat and ultimately get the dumbest. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn4r7w5yc26https://bsky.app/profile/mdgarfinkel.bsky.social/post/3mtmh47pcms26Quote for the Day: “War is not an affair of chance. A great deal of knowledge, study, and meditation is necessary to conduct it well.” — Frederick the Great, Prussian King, 1740-178621 Aug 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:drjcxo7meyjhk3pbm2cmo6i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmh47pcms26